Day 193: Daylilies and Tulips growing!!!

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Today I am thankful for spotting Tulips and Daylilies growing!!! The first new life that isn't a weed or grass that I have spotted growing. lol I am also thankful for tulips and daylilies because they come up so soon after the snow leaves and provide flowers before the other perennials are able to. They get hit with freezing temperatures and spring snow and still keep growing-they are pretty tough. It isn't just Tulips and Daylilies that are tough though-many bulbs are. I am thankful they are so tough or we would have to wait that much longer before the first flowers would come. I can't wait for the Daffodils and the muscari to start popping up as well. :) They give hope that winter is ending and spring and summer are coming. I know I say that alot about a bunch of different things but they are all each little signs of spring coming and I am thankful for each one! Spring is a great season because it is an end to winter and the start of something new and beautiful so spring also means hope to me. It is a great analogy that many people use to describe our lives and how winter never lasts and spring always comes... and spring is so beautiful and full of new life like the tulips and daylilies that are coming up. So with each new sign of spring it is a reminder that winter doesn't last with the weather and our lives. So this is why I am thankful for Daylilies and Tulips growing. :)

Day 192: It didn't snow!!!

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I had to keep the title short so I should explain. I am thankful because the weather was forcasting snow and we were expecting it and it didn't come!!! We didn't get snow!!! Other places did and they got hit pretty good it looks like but we didn't! We woke up this morning expecting to see snow on the ground again and it wasn't there!!! I am soooo thankful for that because we had to go in to town today for different appointments and I really didn't want to drive in snow. I guess I am thankful also for things happening differently that I expect and it works out better than I thought it would. Alot of times things happen worse than I expect/bad things happen I didn't expect and it is so nice when things go better than I expected. :) I am thankful for each time that circumstances work out better than I expected. The fact that it didn't snow when it was supposed to and would have been a real pain is one of those times! So that is what I am thankful for today. :)

Day 191: Productive days

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This post is for yesterday because I was unable to post. For this post I am thankful for productive days-the days where I feel I have accomplished a fair bit and I am proud of myself. I am not sure that I really felt I had a productive day but it wasn't too bad. I got more done that I have been getting done lately. By last night I was exhausted and felt I did get a fair bit done based on what I normally get done in a day. To some it may seem like I did very little but for me and how much my body allows me to do, it was a fair bit. It can be very frustrating sometimes having a body that doesn't work quite properly but I think I am actually not fighting it as much anymore and starting to accept it. I am not comparing my life and what I can do with others and what they can do as much as I used to which is good because we all have different circumstances and we shouldn't compare ourselves to others. So I am beginning to base a productive day on what is productive for me and not what is productive for another person. This way I can feel good about what I get done and not push myself past my limits. I am then able to be thankful for what I accomplish instead of always thinking that everyone else around me did so much more than me and I am useless. Because some days it is difficult to just get through the day, let alone get much done and I have to accept that I guess and not beat myself up over it. Those days make me so thankful for days where I can get a fair bit done and I feel good and proud of myself. Then I can say "I did good today!" and feel good. I am slowly getting stronger and I am able to do more and it feels good. :) So for this post I am thankful for productive days!

Day 190: First Thunder Shower this year!!!

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Today I am thankful for the first thunder shower this year even though it was a weak one. We heard a few thunders and a sprinkle of rain but it was enough to get excited about for me! I always look forward to the first thunder shower or the first thunderstorm of the year-it is exciting for me. It makes it more real that the seasons are changing and that winter is coming to an end. I am so thankful for signs of winter coming to an end! I know winter still hasn't completely left (does it ever really leave completely? lol) but I enjoy seeing it slowly losing it's grip and seeing signs that spring is coming. I hope this makes sense-I am half asleep here. lol So I will leave it at this (short and sweet) and head to bed. :)

Day 189: Spotting the first green grass!!

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Well today as I was walking outside at home, I noticed a patch of grass starting to turn green and I almost fell over in excitement. lol It is on the lawn that got flooded from the snow melting and I guess the conditions were right for that area to start turning green! I am so thankful to see some green grass!!! It isn't very high yet but it is totally visible and so amazing to see! Finally something other than brown dead grass or white snow. I also noticed the buds on the trees are starting to get bigger so that is also exciting! It's weird how a little bit of green grass affects me in the spring. lol After all the months without it though, it is a sight I have really missed. I can't wait to be able to look outside and see all green grass and green leaves on the trees and flowers on the veranda.... it will be here before we know it!

Day 188: Wildlife coming back!

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Today I am thankful for Wildlife coming back and outside springing to life again! Winter is seemingly devoid of life and then spring comes and everything comes alive again! Today I saw the grouse are back and got photos, heard and saw the robins, heard the frogs start going again, saw 5 ducks (accidentally scared two of them. oops), saw the geese, spiders, ants (sadly they are back), flies, starlings, and I am probably forgetting other ones but you get the point. All of these animals or insects are not around during the winter and so it is interesting going outside and seeing all of them. It would not hurt my feelings though if the spiders and ants would stay away though(or at least be less visible). lol The geese and robins have been back for awhile but they are still something that isn't here over the winter so I included them still. It seems now that every day I see something else come back. This makes me so excited because everything is coming back to life and that means summer will come!!! I heard another bird today that I couldn't quite place and I hope to find out what it is soon. It sure is neat hearing the frogs again! I know in a few weeks I will be tired of them but for now it is neat. lol So today I am thankful for the wildlife slowly coming back! I can't wait to see butterflies again!

Day 187: Easter!!!!

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Sorry this post is late-I was unable to post yesterday. For this post I am very thankful for Easter and what it means to me. Good Friday represents the day that Jesus died a horrible death on the cross and Easter Sunday represents the day that He rose from the dead! Jesus did this so that when we screw up that we can be forgiven because we do screw up and sometimes we screw up big. Jesus paid the price though for our screw ups because there is no way we ever could. Easter also means hope to me. Something good came out of something so bad. Bad things happen all the time but good can come out of it also. Anyways these are my thoughts on Easter. I hope I haven't offended anyone by sharing my thoughts. This is why I am thankful for Easter.
P.S-can't forget to mention the chocolate too! lol with Easter comes chocolate. :) I love chocolate. :)